Apple Watch App Installation (Optional)

Once you have successfully installed FITIV on your iPhone and went through the initial app setup, you can proceed to install the app on Apple Watch by following the instructions below.

On iPhone:

Open the Watch appon your iPhone

Tap on the MY WATCH tab.

Find the FITIV Pulse app under the AVAILABLE APPS section.

Tap on INSTALL.

You can double check that you have successfully installed FITIV on Apple Watch and that it is paired to your iPhone from within the iPhone app.

On the FITIV app:

Open the FITIV Pulse app

Tap on the MORE tab.

Tap on APPLE WATCH under SENSORS.

Active and Total Calories

By default, most iPhone apps paired with a Bluetooth heart rate monitor report TOTAL (ACTIVE + RESTING) calories during a workout.

By contrast, Apple Health saves workout calorie burn data as ACTIVE ENERGY rather than TOTAL energy, so FITIV will calculate and display ACTIVE CALORIES by default. To change this setting so that the FITIV app primarily displays TOTAL CALORIES please do the following:

On iPhone:

Open the FITIV Pulse app.

Tap on the MORE tab.

Tap on APPLE WATCH under SENSORS.

Change the calorie setting to TOTAL.

When FITIV records a workout with a Bluetooth heart rate monitor connected to the iPhone itself (no Apple Watch involved) the app calculates both TOTAL and ACTIVE calories using a formula using your heart rate, age, weight, gender, height and workout duration,

Apple Watch, on the other hand, calculates calories burned based on personal information that you have entered in the iPhone’s Apple Watch utility app.

To verify these settings, open the iPhone’s Apple Watch utility app and then tap on the MY WATCH tab. You will find your personal info under the HEALTH section.

You might also want to confirm that FITIV has permission to read both your ACTIVE and RESTING calories within the HEALTH app on your iPhone.

On iPhone:

Open the Health app.

Tap on the SOURCES tab.

Tap on FITIV Pulse.

Verify that FITIV Pulse has permission to read/write ACTIVE and RESTING calories.